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| variant = Fairchild}}Fairbairn is a surname of Scottish origin which means "a handsome child."[1] Notable people with the surname include: - Andrew Fairbairn (disambiguation), several people
- Bill Fairbairn (William John Fairbairn, 1947–), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bruce Fairbairn (1949–1999), Canadian musician, songwriter and producer
- Carolyn Fairbairn, Former member of the BBC Executive Board. Director of corporate development and strategy at ITV
- Charles Fairbairn, Canadian politician, member for Victoria South (1890–1896)
- David Fairbairn (politician) (1917–1994), Australian politician and cabinet minister
- David Fairbairn (artist) (born 1949), Australian painter and printmaker
- Douglas Fairbairn, co-developer of the Xerox NoteTaker, one of the first portable computers
- Esmée Fairbairn Charitable Trust
- George Fairbairn (disambiguation), several people
- Ian Fairbairn (1896–1968), British financier and rower
- Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn, English folk musician
- Irene Fairbairn
- Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford, British athlete who competed in 1908 Olympics. (800m & 1500m)
- James Fairbairn (1897–1940), Australian Politician. Minister for Air and Civil Aviation. Killed in the Canberra air disaster, 1940
- John Fairbairn (disambiguation), several people
- Joyce Fairbairn (1939–), Canadian senator and cabinet minister
- Ka'imi Fairbairn (1994–), American football player
- Nicholas Fairbairn (1933–1995), British Politician
- Patrick Fairbairn (1805–1874), Scottish theologian
- Peter Fairbairn (1799–1861), Scottish engineer
- Rhea Fairbairn (1890–1953), Canadian amateur tennis player
- Robert Fairbairn (1910-1988), Scottish banker and cricketer
- Ronald Fairbairn (William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, 1889–1964), British psychoanalyst, father of Nicholas Fairbairn
- Steve Fairbairn (1862–1938), Australian born rowing coach active in Cambridge and London
- Sydney Fairbairn MC (1892–1943), English cricketer and British Army officer
- Thomas Fairbairn, 2nd Baronet (1823–1891), English industrialist and art collector
- Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn (politician) (1840–1874), Canadian politician
- Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn, Invented (in 1922) an artificial green for miniature golf which led to the "American minigolf boom of the early 20th century"
- William Fairbairn (Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet of Ardwick, 1789–1874), Scottish engineer
- William E. Fairbairn (1885–1960), British soldier, police officer, and WW II commando trainer
- William John Fairbairn (1947–) – see Bill Fairbairn
- William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn (1889–1964) – see Ronald Fairbairn
See also- Fairburn (disambiguation)
References1. ^{{cite book |last1=Sims |first1=Clifford Stanley |title=The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. |date=1862 |publisher=J. Munsell |location=Albany, New York |oclc=1060940902 |page=43|url=https://archive.org/details/originandsignif00simsgoog/page/n54?q=scottish+surnames|via=Internet Archive}}
1 : Surnames of Scottish origin |